HC Deb 27 April 1951 vol 487 c705

The House met at Eleven o'Clock

The Clerk at the Table informed the House of the absence of Mr. SPEAKER from this day's Sitting.

Whereupon MAJOR MILNER, The CHAIRMAN OF WAYS AND MEANS, proceeded to the Table, and, after Prayers, took the Chair, as DEPUTY-SPEAKER, pursuant to the Standing Order.